kord

See also: Kord and körd

Cebuano

Etymology

From English cord, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: kord

Noun

kord

1. a long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fiber
2. an electrical cord

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkort]
• Rhymes: -ɔrt

Etymology 1

Probably from Hungarian kard, originally from Middle Persian [script needed] (kārd, “knife”).

Noun

kord m inan

1. smallsword
2. (fencing) épée

Declension

Declension of kord (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	kord	kordy
genitive	kordu	kordů
dative	kordu	kordům
accusative	kord	kordy
vocative	korde	kordy
locative	kordu	kordech
instrumental	kordem	kordy

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French corde (“rope”).

Noun

kord m inan

1. cord (woven fabric used especially in tyres)

Declension

Declension of kord (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	kord	kordy
genitive	kordu	kordů
dative	kordu	kordům
accusative	kord	kordy
vocative	korde	kordy
locative	kordu	kordech
instrumental	kordem	kordy

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kërta, borrowed from a Baltic language, compare Old Prussian kērdā and Lithuanian kartas. Cognate with Finnish kerta and Votic kõrtõ.

Noun

kord (genitive korra, partitive korda)

1. time, occasion
2. order, regime, system

Declension

Declension of kord (ÕS type 22i/külm, d-r gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kord	korrad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	korra
genitive			kordade
partitive		korda	kordi kordasid
illative		korda korrasse	kordadesse korrisse
inessive		korras	kordades korris
elative		korrast	kordadest korrist
allative		korrale	kordadele korrile
adessive		korral	kordadel korril
ablative		korralt	kordadelt korrilt
translative		korraks	kordadeks korriks
terminative		korrani	kordadeni
essive		korrana	kordadena
abessive		korrata	kordadeta
comitative		korraga	kordadega

Adverb

kord (not comparable)

1. once, once upon a time, someday

   Sellest poisist tuleb kord üks kuulus mees.

   That boy will someday grow up to be a famous man.

   Elasid kord eit ja taat.

   Once upon a time there lived an old woman and old man.

2. (emphatic) finally, at last

   Jäta mind juba kord rahule!

   Leave me alone, will you!

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkord]
• Hyphenation: kord
• Rhymes: -ord

Noun

kord (usually uncountable, plural kordok)

1. corduroy

   Synonym: kordbársony

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	kord	kordok
accusative	kordot	kordokat
dative	kordnak	kordoknak
instrumental	korddal	kordokkal
causal-final	kordért	kordokért
translative	korddá	kordokká
terminative	kordig	kordokig
essive-formal	kordként	kordokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kordban	kordokban
superessive	kordon	kordokon
adessive	kordnál	kordoknál
illative	kordba	kordokba
sublative	kordra	kordokra
allative	kordhoz	kordokhoz
elative	kordból	kordokból
delative	kordról	kordokról
ablative	kordtól	kordoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	kordé	kordoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	kordéi	kordokéi

Possessive forms of kord

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kordom	kordjaim
2nd person sing.	kordod	kordjaid
3rd person sing.	kordja	kordjai
1st person plural	kordunk	kordjaink
2nd person plural	kordotok	kordjaitok
3rd person plural	kordjuk	kordjaik

Derived terms

Compound words

• kordbársony
• kordblézer
• korddzseki
• kordfarmer
• kordnadrág
• kordruha
• kordszövet
• kordzakó

Related terms

• (korda →) kordában tart

Polish

kord etymology 1 sense 1

kord etymology 1 sense 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔrt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔrt
• Syllabification: kord
• Homophone: kort

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hungarian kard. Doublet of kard.

Noun

kord m inan (diminutive kordzik)

2. Bauernwehr (typical weapon of the common people in the Middle Ages and early modern times, which was particularly widespread in the 15th and 16th centuries)
4. (informal, nautical) cutlass (short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship)

   Synonyms: kordelas, szabla abordażowa

Declension

Declension of kord

	singular	plural
nominative	kord	kordy
genitive	korda	kordów
dative	kordowi	kordom
accusative	kord	kordy
instrumental	kordem	kordami
locative	kordzie	kordach
vocative	kordzie	kordy

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English cord.

Noun

kord m inan (related adjective kordowy)

1. cord (internal structure that reinforces the tyre of a vehicle, made of a layer of fibers or steel mesh)
2. cord (ribbed fabric used for clothing, especially work clothes)

Declension

Declension of kord

	singular	plural
nominative	kord	kordy
genitive	kordu	kordów
dative	kordowi	kordom
accusative	kord	kordy
instrumental	kordem	kordami
locative	kordzie	kordach
vocative	kordzie	kordy

Further reading

• “kord”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “kord”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• kord in PWN's encyclopedia